From across Papua New Guinea
Police in Milne Bay Province have welcomed three newly commissioned police Inspectors from Bomana Police College in a ceremonial parade on Tuesday morning.The three officers, a female and two males were among 54 Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) cadets commissioned earlier this month and have been deployed to Milne Bay to boost the police […]
East New Britain province is facing prolonged power outages as the ongoing El Nino continues to dry up the Warangoi river, its main source of electricity. A combination of ailing infrastructure, fuel shortages and the onslaught of drought has left the province with power outages lasting up to 12 hours every day. The East New […]
Preparations are underway in Imbonggu District, Southern Highlands Province, for a historic ceremony to mark Papua New Guinea’s journey to independence and honour the country’s founding Prime Minister, the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare. PNG Defence Force personnel were at Walume since Monday rehearsing for Thursday’s flag ceremony and the unveiling of a statue […]
The provincial capital of West New Britain Province-Kimbe town has been declared as a fighting zone. The West New Britain Provincial Peace and Good Order Committee resolved to declare the Kimbe Urban Local Level Government (LLG) as a fighting zone in a meeting on Monday this week. Wards one and two of the Talasea LLG […]
Chinese Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, His Excellency Yang Xiaoguang says China attaches great importance to addressing climate change and remains a firm champion of concrete action and a major contributor to global green development. Ambassador Yang made the remarks at Pai-Hope Institute in Tari, Hela Province, during the handover ceremony of the 1.5MW + […]
Foreign police officers engaged by the Royal PNG Constabulary through the RPNGC’s Executive Director program are selected by the RPNGC following a rigorous vetting process. A police spokesperson said this whilst responding to queries raised by the general public in Madang Province following a sudden change of the province’s police chief, which saw a Fijian […]
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) has been described as the way forward for human resource development in Northern province. Higaturu TVET Institute, one of six TVET schools in the province, is leading the charge after introducing short course programs for school leavers and the working-class population. Higaturu TVET Area Manager Ms. Glenda Tuhesi […]
The upgrading of a feeder road in the Talasea Local Level Government area of West New Britain Province is now assisting locals to easily transport their cash crops to markets in Kimbe Town. The Talasea District Development Authority Board provided funding totaling K580,000 to upgrade the 2.6 kilometre Dami One Feeder Road located in the […]
Madang technical college is helping Pai Vocational Centre in Tari, Hela Province, create an educational and training pathway for its students through a new concept that it has developed. The concept is called down-linking, and its primary aim is to encourage and give hope to Tari students to continue their higher certificate and diploma studies […]
A family of three was burnt to death after more than 15 alleged criminals attacked their home in Yapowa Village, Milne Bay Province, in the early hours of Monday morning. The victims, a father, mother and their 25-year-old son, were at their home in Maramatana Local Level Government, Alotau District, when the attackers allegedly stormed […]